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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion;

 /**
  * A one-way converter.
  *
  * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients; clients should
  * subclass {@link Converter}.
  *
  * @since 1.0
  *
  */
 public interface IConverter {

     /**
      * Returns the type whose instances can be converted by this converter. The
      * return type is Object rather than Class to optionally support richer type
      * systems than the one provided by Java reflection.
      *
      * @return the type whose instances can be converted, or null if this
      * converter is untyped
      */
     public Object getFromType();

     /**
      * Returns the type to which this converter can convert. The return type is
      * Object rather than Class to optionally support richer type systems than
      * the one provided by Java reflection.
      *
      * @return the type to which this converter can convert, or null if this
      * converter is untyped
      */
     public Object getToType();

     /**
      * Returns the result of the conversion of the given object.
      *
      * @param fromObject
      * the object to convert, of type {@link #getFromType()}
      * @return the converted object, of type {@link #getToType()}
      */
     public Object convert(Object fromObject);
 }

